SharedPtr reference count

[chrisjones]

I started to make my own SharedPtr class for OGE, as i want to use TBBs spin_mutex for the reference counting instead of a full mutex as we need it to run as fast as possible. i realised that the only thing that needs to change is the reference counter class.

Would it be possible/allowed to add a template paramater to the Poco::SharedPtr class that you can specify the class to use as the reference counter? it can be defaulted to use the ReferenceCounter class you already have so i don't think it would involve any changes for anyone using it, but it would be possible to specify my own ReferenceCounter class that uses a different type of mutex. Also if an application was guarateed to be single threaded a reference counter with no mutex/lock could be used.

what do you think? should i do this?

Chris

[chrisjones]

Sorry for double posting, but i made the changes. the test unit for SharedPtr works without errors and i havent had to make any changes to that code.

so now its template class SharedPtr ...
if you accept it of course you can change the name RC, i didnt know what to use

ill try to work out how to submit it

[alex]

> what do you think? should i do this?

I don't see a problem doing it.

Alex

[chrisjones]

I've emailed the changes to the email address given on the poco contribute page.

Chris

[guenter]

The changes are in the SVN trunk (rev. 531)